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Paolo Farinati
1524-1606
The Four Seasons
Pen and brown ink on paper.
7 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (185 x 205 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1985.83:2
Notes: 

Watermark: none.

Inscription: 

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, by the artist, "primavera; Esta; Autunus; Vernoribus; Frigum"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Farinato".

Provenance: 
Moscardo collection, Verona, which passed to the Marquis de Calceolari (no mark; see Lugt S. 2990a-g); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b)
Associated names: 

Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection Janos Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, no. 29, pl. 29.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 337.

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Farinati, Paolo
School: 
Italian
Century: 
16th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints